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UN calls for
lifting travel restrictions on HIV carriers
UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for an end to discrimination against
people carrying the AIDS virus, including travel restrictions imposed
on them by some countries. He said that 60 years after the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights was adopted, "it is shocking that there
should still be discrimination against those at high risk, such as men
who have sex with men, or stigma attached to individuals living with
HIV."
Salvadoran President Elias Antonio Saca, who lifted such restrictions
in his country four years ago, backed the NGOs' call. "I appeal to the
international community and all governments for the scrapping of walls
and barriers which restrict the free movement of people living with
HIV," he said.
Meanwhile AIDS expert Anthony Fauci, the head of the US National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, stressed the importance
of prevention and continuing research. He recalled that AIDS was
discovered 27 years ago and that considerable funding was still needed
to combat the disease.
Amsterdam, World Book Capital 2008
Amsterdam is famous for free speech. For centuries, its citizens have
refused the yoke of censorship. This is still the case now, in the
years following the murder of film-maker Theo van Gogh in 2004. Books,
writers and freedom of expression are especially in the limelight this
year, because UNESCO has named Amsterdam World Book Capital 2008.
Web logs, or blogs, could give you the
travel bug
•Gridskipper.com: Launched in December, Gridskipper caters to the hip
traveler who has upgraded from hostels to hotel suites. Because it
posts several items a day, Gridskipper is the perfect diversion for
desk dwellers daydreaming about their next trip. Bonus: Entries are
searchable and well indexed, so vacation planners looking to rock out
in Reykjavik need only click on the "Nightlife" tab. Warning: This
site is not for the sober traveler: Half the entries on a given day
are booze-related.
"Old people are everyone's treasures".
Japan's ageing population still contributes. It is just as well
Japan feels that way, as one in five Japanese people are now over the
age of 60. Japan has the fastest ageing population in the world.
If it is exotic, it's for older
travelers!
London, Paris and Rome used to be popular destinations for those over
the age of 50, but today's boomers have "been there, done that."
Toronto's Joanne Nisker is one of them. At age 51, she's already
traveled to Thailand, South America and Hong Kong. Last year she was
in East Africa, and next year she's off to Israel.
X-ray machine for passengers set for
test at Phoenix airport
Sky Harbor International Airport will test a controversial new
federal screening system that takes X-rays of passenger's bodies in an
effort to find concealed explosives and other weapons. One machine
will be up and running at Sky Harbor's Terminal 4 by Christmas.
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